Graduate Students Library Guide

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

Current Bentley faculty, students, and staff may request books, articles, and other materials that are not owned by the Bentley Library through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). All Interlibrary Loan requests must be placed online.

• Books requested through Interlibrary Loan typically arrive in 7-10 business days.
• Articles and book chapters are typically ready to download in 3-4 business days.
• You will receive an email notification from the library when requested items become available.

Before requesting items, please check to make sure that the item you are interested in is not already available at the library. Use the Library Search to find books, DVDs, articles, and more within our collections.

You can also search WorldCat to discover books, articles, and more from libraries around the world.

Course Reserves

Course instructors place items on reserves to provide access to material required for assignments to all students enrolled in a particular class. Reserve items are placed on reserve each semester/session and are located in the reserve stacks behind the Library Services desk.

There are two types of course reserve collections:

• Physical Reserves are printed material (books, journals, etc.) placed on course reserve by your instructor and made available for students to borrow for a limited period of time. Click the button below to search for physical reserves. You may search by instructor’s last name, or by course number.
• Students studying remotely can request a chapter or portion of an item on Physical Reserves be scanned and sent to them digitally. Please submit a Scan on Demand request. All copyright restrictions apply.
• Electronic Reserves or e-reserves are readings posted electronically to your course’s Brightspace site by the instructor for you to access.